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Quinnia patula

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Quinnia patula is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

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Description

The white, thin, umbilicate, and depressed shell is markedly broader (8.35 mm) than high (5.65 mm). It is translucent nacreous.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand at depths of about 1,800 m.

References

Quinnia patula Wikipedia


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